Volume 2 Number 1

A tribute to the Regiers and friends View from the Strip
By Casey Lessard
It’s not often Grand Bend attracts attention on a national stage. Last summer, the country watched Grand Bend and Mt. Carmel for a horrible reason: the murders of Bill and Helene Regier. Friday night, my work covering their murders for the Grand Bend Strip was honoured nationally when I received ...

Need a reason to golf? Nursery school has a few little ones Grand Bend Nursery School needs money to cover funding cut
Grand Bend Nursery School Golf Tournament
May 30, 2008 – Bayview Golf Club
$75 – golf and dinner; $30 dinner only
Register by May 15; sponsorships wanted
Call (519) 238-2199
Story and Photos by Casey Lessard
Stretched to the limit of what they feel they can ask parents to subsidize, the ...

Grand Bend’s kids need $85,000 to Play Ball! By Casey Lessard
Grand Bend’s baseball diamond is out of date and dangerous, and it’s going to take $85,000 to get it to standards. For now, the municipality of Lambton Shores hasn’t stepped up to the plate with much help, so the Grand Bend Baseball Project committee is putting the call out to the community.
“The fencing ...

Hollywood star goes (almost) undetected in Parkhill “The Notebook” actress Rachel McAdams dines at Kelli’s Family Restaurant
By Casey Lessard
It’s not every day that a Hollywood celebrity visits Parkhill, so you can’t blame Martha Papadopolous of Kelli’s Family Restaurant for not recognizing Rachel McAdams when she sat down at one of her tables for lunch April 27.
“She came in here with her parents ...

May 30 – A few tickets left for Animal House dinner There are still a few tickets available for the Huron SPCA Animal House dinner auction, (May 30, South Huron Rec. Ctr., Exeter) which raises money for the Huron County animal shelter. The event sold out at the end of February, but dinner chairperson Kate McKenzie says a few tickets have been returned and are available.
Anyone ...

Tourists vs. Residents vs. Businesses Draft community plans stir debate in Port Franks, Grand Bend
By Casey Lessard
EDA Collaborative Inc. presented its draft community plans for Lambton Shores at three separate meetings May 6-8, with some praising and others panning the progress.
Port Franks
Moves to make Port Franks a “lakeside residential natural neighbourhood” mean advertising signs will be dropped from the main ...

No Beach Access signs causing friction By Casey Lessard
Confusion over the wording of a new No Beach Access sign in Port Franks seems ill-timed to coincide with the start of a new beach season.
‘I’ve had a lot of people come in and ask about the sign,” says Christine Orosz of Christine’s Marina Bar & Grill. “They feel they’re not wanted and ...

Paint the town red (with flowers) Lambton Shores hopes residents will get in the spirit and make their community bloom with red this summer. The Lambton Shores Communities in Bloom committee is organizing initiatives to compete for the 2008 provincial title, which is judged based on eight criteria for all municipal, commercial/industrial and residential properties in the municipality: tidiness, environmental awareness, ...

Putting the family in family restaurant Fifth generation now working at Aunt Gussie’s
By Casey Lessard
If you didn’t notice that Aunt Gussie’s was taken over by new owners a year and a half ago, Pat and LeeAnn Powers are content with that. The couple worked at the Ontario Street South restaurant for a couple of years before taking ownership, and wanted to ...

Reading between the labels Alternative View
By Angela Michielsen
Consumers have power. Using buying power in a capitalist economy as an active way of creating social change and is one of the most underused forms of expression, and yet en masse it is so powerful.
Our economy is built on supply and demand. Wal-mart started carrying organic produce in Canada in 2006 ...

Letter to the Editor – May 14, 2008 To the Editor,
Last Wednesday I had the privilege of attending a conversation about Free Trade and Food Sovereignty. The speakers were Ubali Buerrero, a woman representing a farmers’ organization in the Mexican state of Guerrero, Miguel Conlunga, of the Democratic Front of Chihuahua, and Allan Slater, an Oxford County farmer and team member of the ...

Moms say the darnedest things True stories from the front lines of motherhood
Advice from Mom
By Rita Lessard
Motherhood. What a great adventure it has been for me; I wouldn’t change my station in life for anything. Mothers come in all shapes and sizes – physically and mentally. My mother was a self-taught woman of her generation. Although she didn’t have a ...

A little prank Keeping the Peace
By Tom Lessard
A lot of life spilled through the doors of the Dufferin, most pleasurable, but some not so.
I remember one time early in July of 1970 or 1971, Gig, Des and I planned what we thought was a funny prank. The 12th was coming soon (Editor’s note: July 12, 1690, Protestant King ...

Tiny wonders of the avian world Living in Balance
By Jenipher Appleton
What lays pea-sized eggs, weighs an eighth of an ounce, and can be confused with a moth? It is none other than the truly incredible hummingbird. Only one species inhabits the eastern region of Canada: the ruby-throated or Archilochus colubris. Several other species are found throughout other parts of North and ...

Check your fundamentals Golf Tips
By Cameron Rankin
http://www.sandhillsgolf.ca
Club head: Position your club head at right angles to your intended target line.
Grip: The back of your left hand facing your target, looking down you should see between two and three knuckles on your left hand. Right hand palm facing the target, right thumb left side of the grip and there ...

Attendance is critical for final assessments Principal’s Page
By Jeff Reaburn
http://www.shdhs.ca
Last Thursday I attended the school production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, and I came away from the play thoroughly impressed. It was a truly engaging and entertaining production, and I would like to congratulate and commend the director, Ms. Beth Jantzi, and the entire cast and crew of the show. ...

Never blog while operating heavy machinery All of the no cost, easy to learn options available may make you dizzy
Technically Speaking
By Tamara Nicola
http://www.visitgrandbend.com/
Blog is a term that describes a thing, a website. It also describes an action. To blog is to add/post something to your website. It is a part of what has been dubbed the Web 2.0 revolution: the move ...

May 14-27, 2008 – To Do List – Community Every Tuesday
7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion
Bingo
Every Friday
5 to 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion
Meat Draw
May – Ongoing
Mid-May and early June – Forest
Canada Day Idol Contest applications.
North Lambton Secondary School. Live out your idol dream! There are three age categories: 10-14, 15-18 and 19 and over. Judges will select top contestants from each category to ...